In a first, CPL to use 'red card' in bid to combat slow over-rates

[bwana]

The 2023 Caribbean Premier League - men's and women's - has announced severe penalties for teams going through their overs slowly, even putting in place a red card-like system of removing a player if the fielding side is behind schedule at the start of the 20th over of an innings, a first in the game.
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The slow over-rate penalties

• If behind the required over rate at the start of the 18th over, one additional player must enter the fielding circle - for a total of five players inside the circle
• If behind the rate at the start of the 19th over, two additional fielders must enter the fielding circle - for a total of six inside the circle
• If behind the rate at the start of the final over, teams will lose a player from the field - selected by the captain - and have six inside the fielding circle
• There will also be an onus on batting teams to keep the game moving. After a first and final warning from the umpires, the batting team will be slapped with a five-run penalty for each instance of time wasting

Using the 85-minutes-per-innings rule for T20 cricket, a CPL statement said that the issue "will be monitored more closely" in the 2023 edition of the tournament. The 17th over of the innings must be completed by 72 minutes and 15 seconds, the 18th by 76 minutes and 30 seconds, and the 19th by 80 minutes and 45 seconds, before the last over ends within 85 minutes.

More: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...RT_M2g1YDRIdN74CH2hsVxGYp9w4-03fF_nMAaT0Yk4yE

 

[Pegging]

Any batsmen wanting to change gloves, stopping a bowler mid run-up etc is going to be popular.

Some new gamesmanship on the way.

 

[3WA]

The fielding penalties used in IPL are fine. A red card is disproportionately harsh.